Man Beaten Outside Bronx Applebee's in Anti-Muslim Attack after Boston Bombing

[Purveyor]

NEW YORK CITY — A 30-year-old man was attacked by men hurling anti-Muslim slurs while he was smoking a cigarette outside an Applebee's Monday night, cops said.

Abdullah Faruque later told reporters that he thought the attack was retaliation for the bombings at the Boston Marathon that occurred earlier that afternoon, but cops couldn't confirm that account.

“I saw the news, and then it hits me: That’s why I got jumped,” Faruque told the New York Post.

Faruque had just stepped out of the restaurant at 610 Exterior St. to smoke a cigarette when a group approached and engaged him in a conversation about 11:30 p.m., according to the NYPD.

Faruque, a Bangladesh native who grew up in The Bronx, said he recognized the men who had been drinking at the Applebee's bar, according to the Post.


Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130418/melrose/man-beaten-anti-muslim-attack-outside-bronx-applebees-nypd-says#ixzz2QsLgEHq0

[Deep13]

1. disgusting. nt

[Eleanors38]

2. Time for arrest, prosecution and jail.

[SmileyRose]

3. I hope these type are eventually bred out.

glad the victim will physically heal but my god... WTF is wrong with people.

[JEB]

4. Drinking at Applebee's

can do that to you. Imagine the treatment Mr. Faruque if they had actually tried to consume the food. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with people?